to Dr.
Ryerson, he thus speaks of the success of a school established by the
Conference among the Indians. He says:

Last evening (10th March) was exhibited the improvement of the
Indian School, at Grape Island, one boy, whose time at school
amounted to but about six months, read well in the Testament.
Several new tunes were well sung and had a fine effect. The whole
performance was excellent. More than twenty names were given in to
furnish provisions for the children of the school. These
exhibitions have a good effect. It animates the children and the
teachers, and affords a most gratifying opportunity to the friends
of the Missions to witness that their benevolence is not in
vain.--H.]

[Shortly after this letter was written, Elder Case went to New York, to
solicit aid on behalf of the Indian Schools. He was accompanied by John
Sunday and one or two other Indians. Writing from there, on the 19th
April, to Dr. Ryerson, then at Cobourg, he says:

We have attended meetings frequently, and visited a great number of
schools and other institutions, both literary and religious. This
has a fine effect on our Indian brethren. The aid we are obtaining
will assist us for the improvement of our Indian Schools. We have
an especial view to the Indians of Rice Lake. Please look well to
the school there, and to the comfort of the teacher. The Indians
should be encouraged to cultivate their islands. The most that we
can do is to keep them at school, &c., and instruct them in their
worldly concerns.

The managers of the Missionary Society in New York, as well as in
Philadelphia, are very friendly. In case we shall be set off as a
Conference, they will continue to afford us assistance in the
Mission cause. You will judge something of the feeling of the
people here, when I inform you that a niece of the unfortunate Miss
McCrae, who was killed by the Indians in the revolutionary war, has
given us $10 towards the Indian schools, and two sets of very fine
diaper cloths for the communion table. We shall bring with us an
Indian book, containing the decalogue, the creed, hymns, and our
Lord's Sermon on the Mount. This will stimulate our schools, as
well as afford instruction to the Indian converts. I wish you to
encourage the Indian sisters to make a quantity of fancy trinkets,
we